Archive for December 2017

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Memories surface and fade for a senior with dementia, as she views photographs of her life.

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More at… http://thecaregiversvoice.com/tips-caregivers/a-dozen-tips-for-controlling-stress-over-holiday-meals/ Caregiver Tips for Getting through the Holidays Guest article by Carole Mulliken, MEd I have dementia. Sumptuous holiday dinners with a huge family are traditions of the past. I confess I cannot handle the confusion and stress. This year, you can be proactive about your holidays. If you issue the in… Read More

More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/supporting-a-loved-one-with-type-2-diabetes/ A new diagnosis can mean a new way of life. You have just found out that a loved on has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. You may feel worried for your family member or friend and are struggling to find ways to help. Your caring and willingness to lend a hand will help you […]… Read More

More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/celebrating-in-senior-living/ Home for the Holidays: How to Celebrate in Another City with a Loved One in Senior Living By Deb Hipp When you recall past holiday gatherings, maybe you can still see Mom stirring pots in the kitchen and baking cookies, or kids bounding out of bed and running into the living room at dawn on […… Read More

More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/electronics-like-a-second-skin-make-wearables-more-practical-and-mris-safer-for-kids/ BERKELEY, Calif. – She’s a physicist who trained in the storied lab where Watson and Crick worked out the structure of DNA. In her years in industry, she made sharper displays for e-readers, more efficient solar panels, and sensor tape that soldiers could wear on the battlefield to measu… Read More

More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/the-dangerous-topic-of-appreciation/ Does the person who you caregive for appreciate what you do? It’s a dangerous question to ask, isn’t it? But we’re asking it anyway. Perhaps they appreciate us, but they aren’t good at expressing it or we aren’t good at accepting it. Or perhaps they really do feel that … Read More